Category: Employment
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A Roommate Nation
A Roommate Nation When you were younger, you may have dreamed of the time when you turn 18 and go off to college. After college, you knew you’d have that perfect job and be able to move into your own apartment. Your place would have your rules and be as messy or as clean as…
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Update On My Job Search
I wanted to update you all on my job search and where I am now! While 2017 started off promising, the end of March, I was hit with a blow. I was laid off from my position as a Sr. Technical Documentation Writer from an industry-leading financial corporation. And to be quite honest, the remainder of…
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4 Ways to Keep Loyal Employees
These days, people are multitasking while they work. They have one eye on the job they’re doing, and one eye on their next job. In the last several decades, employment mindsets have shifted. Very rarely are there loyal employees who are with their companies from high school until they graduate. Employment seems to be more…
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Two Months Since I Was Laid Off – How’s It Going?
Welp, we are coming up on the two-month mark since I was laid off from my job. So, I thought I’d provide an update. This is going to be somewhat of a vulnerable post and I’m putting it all out there. So forgive me now :). It’s been busy. I apply to jobs every single…
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Feelings Of Fear Of The Unknown
I mentioned in a previous post that I was recently laid off from my job. This is not something I would wish on anyone. Especially in today’s economy. People, including myself! Have an extreme fear of the unknown. You have no idea what door will open for you. You have no idea what is on…
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Working Just To Live
The American Dream of our parents day is not the American Dream of our day. Once upon a time, people were able to sufficiently live on one income. Back in the later 40’s after the war, the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s and some of the 80’s. Dad went to work, mom stayed home and kept the…
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12 Plus Ways to Make a Living While Enjoying a Full Time RV Lifestyle
When people hear that someone is a full-time RVer, there is one main question that immediately pops into their heads. “What are the ways to make a living while enjoying a full-time RV Lifestyle?” “How can you LIVE being a full-time RVer? You’re not making money traveling the country in your RV are you?” The simple…
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Taking a Page From our Millennial Generation. Don’t Settle.
I have to admit something to you all. I am TOTALLY jealous of the Millennial generation. Not only because I’d love to relive my youth… (Oh come on, you all know you want to relive your youth. You can’t lie to me! :)) And certainly not because when they do stupid things, it’s all online…
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7 Financial Causes of Stress in America
I read an article on MSN about what the #1 cause of financial stress in every state was. As with most of these types of articles, i.e. “the most searched item online in each state”, I assumed it was going to be a fluff article. This one for the most part, showed legitimate concerns. The…
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Vacation Days ~ Where does the United States Rank?
With summer upon us, many Americans have dreams. Dreams of days in the sun, catching that vitamin D. Dreams of days in the woods hiking. Dreams of escaping their daily routine of waking up, getting the family ready and out the door for work or camp, working eight hours, picking up the kids, getting dinner…
Vintage Roots and Hippie Wings 